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FFACTSACTS

• 4x size of France• 2.5 million sq. km• 4.5 km av. Height• Very unpopulated• Some places under -4degrees

AAREASREAS

• Kekexili third least inhabited place• Altyn Tagh and Gongkar Chogley

Namgyal mountains North• Karakoram in west• Minyak Gangkar and Khawakarpo

mountains in east• Himalayan chain in south

Tibet

• Contains 47% of world pop.

• 85% of China’s pop.

• Over 532 bird species

• Over 115 fish species

• Over 12,000 plant species

Topography

• Contains:– Forests– Scrubs– Steppe Desert– And aquatic formations

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